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• Year of composition: 1941
• Work category: Opera
• Text author: Natanael Berg. German translation by Fritz Tutenberg.
  
• First performed: 10 January 1942 at the Royal Opera, Nils Grevillius, conductor, Brita Herzberg (Birgitta) and Einar Beyron (Karl).
• Duration: 120 min

Instrumentation

3*.3*.3*.3*. / 4.2.3.1 / timp, 1 perc, hp, org / str
picc, cor angl, bass clar, dbn

Solo voices/choir

Solo voices: 4 sopranos (Birgitta, Katarina, etc.), 3 mezzo-sopranos (Queen Giovanna, etc.), 5 tenors (Karl, Petrus, etc.), 5 baritones (Eghard, etc.), 3 basses (Birger, etc.)
Female choir, S.S.A.
Mixed choir, S.S.A.A.T.T.B.B.
Unison male choir

Examples of printed editions

Reproduction of piano vocal score in handwriting available from the online catalogue, Musik- och teaterbiblioteket. Location mark: 2008/1219

The aria Så sannades Birgittas budskap for alto/mezzo and piano is also included in 'Svenska operaarior 1874-2009', Edition Suecia, Stockholm 2012. Location mark at Musik- och teaterbiblioteket: 2013/68 (online catalogue)

Location for score and part material

Score available at Stim/Svensk musik
Score and orchestral parts available at the Royal Opera, Stockholm

• Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
• Possible call no. and autograph comment: Piano vocal score in autograph in Natanael Berg's deposition, Z/Sv.

Description of work

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(For more information, please refer to this page in Swedish)

Links

Score examples from the first, third, fourth and fifth image available at Stim/Svensk musik: http://www.mic.se/avd/mic/prod/micpdf.nsf/dl/12595f2a.pdf/$file/12595f2a.pdf

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